I get real excited when the 17th century rears it’s ugly head with lessons for us modern folks. It reminds me of how young a species we really are. Speaking of young, I’ll bet most of you will get all misty eyed at this little remix:

By golly, that man taught me how to question reality. And he did it in a sweater with a cheesy little plastic town. Maybe my fears for the future of Asheville are misplaced after all.

If National current events are more your style tonight, why not take a listen to Leon Panetta giving cover to the inevitable Obama cave-in to the Republican insistence on austerity, austerity, austerity, except for the guys with all the bombs and guns and drones and stuff. Those guys can’t take a single cut in anything whatsoever. Never mind that the level of cuts we are talking about are routinely handled by the likes of the NEA, NPR, the Department of Education, the EPA, and etc. War is precious, ain’t it.